Day 2 LM: Of Istus and octopi

[L'Orr-hui]

L'Orr-hui narrows their eyes at the statue. Awe giving way to frustration and a contempt fuelled by the certainty and the horror that awaited beyond time.

Don't try to put a wool over my eyes, goddess, Fate can be changed because it must be changed. You might be more mighty then I at the moment but I have seen beyond you.

Their tentacles waved in defiance until the time came to answer the man

''Thank you for your time stranger. I will bring the man here before peak, as would be proper.'' the flayer stood ''Tell me, what struck you curiosity were all others felt fear?''

[Flession]

"Quite simple, illthid. I accept my fate as it comes; if my end were met by you, it was fate that I meet my end this way and die in the knowledge that Istus' will. Then move forward to the beyond and my eternal reward."

He gets up and says his word with stoicism and a small smile. "...Not to mention, you would be dead soon after, having been a particularly stupid member of your kind to think come here to eat in the middle of Lady's Ward out in the open and expect to leave alive. I did not get the impression you were such a fool, but instead someone who sought guidance on a matter. Istus would not look favorably upon me if I let something as small as fear prevent me from doing so."

[L'Orr-hui]

''Your second answer is more sensible then your first'' the flayer replied, masking his full disdain for fatality ''I must leave now, ser. I thank you for your aid but I cannot say I agree that neither time or fate are predetermined. Time is shaped like an egg...do with that what you will.''